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   Jibe

   /jīb/

   

   verb

   • 1. change course by swinging a fore-and-aft sail across a following wind: "they jibed, and the boat turned over"
   • ▪ swing (a sail or boom) across a following wind.
   • ▪ (of a sail or boom) swing or be swung across a following wind: "the skipper was hit by a jibing boom"

   noun

   • 1. an act or instance of jibing.

   Word Origin late 17th century: from obsolete Dutch gijben.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • J

     8

   • I

     1

   • B

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   • E

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